State Briefs 4/28/09

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Apr 28, 2009 at 12:01 AMApr 28, 2009 at 2:53 AM

State Briefs 4/28/09

State’s corn planting still well below average

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois farmers used a few, warm dry days last week to get about 4 percent of the state's corn crop planted, but that is still well behind the five-year average of 43 percent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in a weekly update Tuesday.

"Wet conditions continued to slow the progress of planting throughout the state," the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service field office in Springfield reported. "Producers are ready to plant but are forced to wait for dry conditions."

Cloudy conditions, and a chance for thunderstorms and showers remain in the forecast into the weekend.

The wettest conditions are in northern Illinois, which was hit by heavy rains and thunderstorms over the weekend.

State Journal-Register

Two arrested for running meth lab

MONMOUTH — Two Galesburg men were arrested Sunday in rural Warren County for operating a methamphetamine lab.

According to Warren County Sheriff Martin Edwards, Illinois Department of Correction parole officers were conducting a routine compliance check when they discovered a working meth lab.

Resident Eric Seideman, 29, was arrested by deputies from the Warren County Sheriff’s Department on charges of unlawful participation in meth production, possession of meth precursors, possession of anhydrous ammonia, possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver.

Brian R. Scott, 30, of Galesburg was arrested on similar charges after being located on the property.

Along with meth and meth production supplies, authorities seized $2,400 in cash.

Monmouth Review-Atlas

Man arrested after 30 pounds of marijuana found in van

LITCHFIELD — A Texas man was arrested and approximately 30 pounds of marijuana were seized early Sunday during a routine security check at a rest-stop on Interstate 55 in Montgomery County.

Sheriff Jim Vazzi said Deputy Kurt Eller found 33-year-old Faustino Denova-Chavez at the Coalfield Rest Area about 12:40 a.m.

Eller reported he was given consent to search a Chevrolet box van driven by Chavez and found two tires in the cargo area packed with about 30 packages of marijuana. A K-9 unit from Litchfield also assisted in the search.

Chavez was being held at the Montgomery County jail on Sunday pending formal charges of possession of cannabis with intent to deliver more than 5,000 grams and trafficking in cannabis.

State Journal-Register

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